Baling-press



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Patented Sept. 15

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No. 459,630. Patented Sept. 15, 1891.-

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hereinafter described, and pointed out in the JOHN A. HAMPTON, OF ROSEDALE, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE KANSAS CITY HAY PRESS COMPANY, OF

BALING- PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,630, dated September 15, 1891.

I Application filed January 14, 1889. Renewed July 25, 1891. Serial No. 400,669. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. HAMPTON, of Rosedale, WVyandotte county, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Pres'ses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates particularly to that class of presses known as rebounding-plunger, and it consists in the devices and the novel combination and arrangement of parts claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the press. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the press. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective, the baling-chamber being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the balingchamber, showing the tying attachment; and Fig. 5 is a detail in perspective showing the front supporting cross-pieces.

Referring to the drawings, in which simi lar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, A indicates ahopper adapted to receive the hay, and it is properly arranged over one end B of the baling-chamber C, said hopper and balingchamber being secured to a frame which is suitably mounted upon .wheels.

In the present instance I provide the front axle with the cross-pieces R R, which are formed with apertured projections P P, to which are secured, respectively, reach J and connecting-rod S, said reach and rod being connected with the baling-chamber and serving torigidly hold it in place. YVithin the front end B of the baling-chamber O is carried a plunger F, which is pivotally connected to the rear end of a pitman G.

The sweep H for operating the press is secured to the upper end of the upright shaft I, which passes through holes I in the crosspieces R R.

Loosely mounted on the shaftI arethe arms G, between the free ends of which the pitman G is secured. The trip-lever G is rigidly secured to the vertical shaft I between the arms G, whereby when the sweep is operated and said vertical shaft is rotated the trip-lever swings between the parallel arms G, and one end thereof impinges against the end of the pitman, (which is pivoted eccentrically to form a rounded shoulder g, as shown in Fig. 2,) thereby forcing the plunger forward. The pitman is thrown back by the spring I), secured to the reach J and pitman G by pins 1).

To the rear upper edge of the plunger F is pivoted the feeding-apron F, and passing under the apron is a U-shaped bar or stirrup h, one arm of which is extended and bent inward, as shown.

Upon the outside of the upper wall of the baling-chamber O are secured the upright standards 2 2, in which is journaled the shaft or rod 1, and rigidly secured to this rod is the feed arm or rake M, slotted longitudinally to receive the upwardly-extended and bent arm of the stirrup 71. Upon the free end of the feed arm M is the cross-piece k, the purpose, of which will appear hereinafter. A short distance to the rear of the uprights 2 2 are fastened the springs N, which carry the tucker or shield N. Said shield extends a short distance into the hopper and is curved downward at its end, as shown. Beneath the tucker N a lifting-bar O is journaled in lugs or ears 1 1', and one end of such bar is extended upward and bent outward, thus forming a crank-arm. About midway of the extended arm h is an arm h ,to which is loosely connected the rod 0, said rod being slotted at its free end and engaging with .thecrank-arm of the lifting-bar O.

D indicates the bale-tying attachment, which is secured upon one side of the delivering-chamber by means of the brackets p, and said attachment consists of a main double beveled gear m, which meshes with the small bevel-gears 0 a, and the latter bevel-gear being also provided with teeth upon its periphery, which engage with the teeth of the cogwheel n. The double beveled gear on also 5 has teeth or projections formed upon its periphery, which are adapted to engage the bale as it moves out of the delivering-chamber, causing the wheel at to revolve and operate the smaller wheels at, n, and 0.

The wires Q for tying the bale at are introduced from the opposite side of the 'delivering-chamber in the usual manner, and the ends of the same are inserted in holes made in the small cog-wheels. Along the center of the top of the delivering-chamber I place the aperturcd lugs e e, in which works a rod 0, which at its forward end is provided with a ratchet-faced wheel L, adapted to engage with the ratchet-faced lever L, loosely secured to the rod 0. The opposite end of the rod 0 is provided with a thread and works in a threaded lug (Z, attached to the upper side of the compressing-plate K, working in inclined ways at the end of the deliveringchamber, said chamber being slotted, as at d, to permit the movement of the lug (l.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The plunger being pressed forward by means of the sweep and pitman, the feeding apron and arm assume the positions shown in Fig. 1, and a suflicient quantity of hay is placed upon the apron. As the sweep is swung around, the end of the trip-lever impinges against the shoulder g of the pitman, and when said trip-lever reaches a position a little beyond the perpendicular tothe pitman its extremity slips from the shoulder, and the plunger is drawn back by means of the coil-spring, the apron is thrown to a vertical position, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) and the feeding arm or rake carrying the cross-piece it is made to descend by the strirrup 7L pressing all the hay carried by the apron into the feed ingbox. At the same time that the arm h forces the rake down it also throws the crankarm back and operates the lifting-bar 0, thus lifting the tucker or shield N. The hay being in the box B,the sweep is thrown around and by means of the arms G and pitman G the plunger is moved forward, compressing the hay in the baling-chamber. The apron and feed-arm have by this time assumed the positions shown in Fig. 1, and the tucker also has been forced down by the springs N'. Another quantity of hay is placed upon the apron and the operation repeated, the tucker N preventing any hay being drawn back with the plunger, and the retainers 3 prevent any forward movement of the bales. As the bales pass through the deliveringchamber wire ties are introduced, in the usual manner, through one side of the chamber and, surrounding the bales at different heights, have their ends inserted in the holes of the c0g wheels, and to prevent their being withdrawn the ends are bent, as best shown in Fig. 4. The bale now passing along will turn the gear m, which in turn will operate the small gears, thereby twisting the end of the wire ties Q in a much better manner than could be done by hand.

To compress the end bale in order to offer resistance sufficient to enable the bale which is in process of formation to be properly compressed, I provide a compressing-plate K at the end of the baling-chamber, which is adapted to be elevated or depressed to engage or release the bale. Said depressing-plate isprovided with inclined or cam flanges where'- by when drawn inward or forward the plate is depressed, and when moved outward or rearward it is elevated.

In lugs e e on the top of the baling-chamber is mounted a threaded rod 0, which screws into a tapped lug d on the upper side of the plate, whereby when said rod is turned the plate is drawn inward or outward, and on one end of the rod is mounted an operating-lever L, which has a clutch or ratchet-plate connection with the rod through the ratchethead L.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a baling-press, the combination, with a plunger, of a feediug-apron hinged thereto, and a pivoted feeding-arm operated by said apron, and connections between said apron and feeding-arm, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a baling-press, the combination, with a plunger, of a feeding-apron hinged thereto, a pivoted feeding arm or rake, the tucker or shield, the stirrup, and conn eeting devices for operating said rake and tucker, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a baling-chamber, of a compressing-plate provided with camfianges and carrying a tapped lug upon its uppersurface,a screw-threaded rod engaging a threaded opening in said lug, and the lever engaging said rod to operate the same, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a baling-press, the combination, with a plunger having a pitman connected thereto, the pivoted link-arm connected to said pitman, a spring to retract the plunger, the sweep, and connecting devices between the sweep and the pitman, of the feed-apron hinged to the plunger, the pivoted feed arm or rake, the stirrup it, connected to said feed arm or rake and carrying an arm 7L, the tucker N, the lifter-bar O to engage and operate said tucker, and the connecting-rodO between the arm 71/ and said lifting-bar, substantially as specified.

5. In a baling-press, the combination, with the baling-chamber, of the plunger operating therein, the feeding-apron pivoted to said plunger, the slotted arm or rake M, the stirrup connecting the feeding-apron to the arm or rake and carrying a side arm 70', the tucker N, the lifter-arm O to engage and opcrate said tucker, and the slotted connectingbar 0 between the arm 70 and the lifting-arm, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. HAMPTON. Witnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, A. A. HIGDON. 

